Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.
Lies, Damned Lies and LIEberals!
There! Fixed it!
And not even very good statistics.
Anything can be “measured”, but against what standards? A wholly subjective standard, in which the desired curve is first drawn, then only the data points which fit that curve are selected, and - Voila! - the desired outcome just magically appears.
Joe Stalin would be so proud of how well the Five-Year Plan worked.
Now it is time to institute the new Five-Year Plan.
Meanwhile, that territory once known as “the United States of America” continues to spiral ever deeper into a vast depression, while the band plays “Napoleon’s Retreat”.